Maura Elizabeth Cunningham
@mauracunningham.bsky.social
She/her. China historian and writer in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Also reader, knitter, Phillies/Flyers fan, road tripper.
https://mauracunningham.org/
https://mauracunningham.org/
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Amazon Kindle currently has my new book availalbe for FREE as an e-book online right now! Buy it now for $0.00 before they change it back!
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November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Edmund Fitzgerald Day should really be a state holiday here.
my boss is a Michigan Man, and I brought up the Edmund Fitzgerald today while we were waiting for a couple people to login to a meeting, and that was the most, most clearly, and most passionately I've ever heard him speak about anything.
Probably ten minutes straight, delayed company business.
Probably ten minutes straight, delayed company business.
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Edmund Fitzgerald Day should really be a state holiday here.
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
In an interview with @andypeaps.bsky.social at @thewirechina.bsky.social, @proflind.bsky.social talks about her concept of "smart authoritarianism" and how previous analysts got it wrong when they anticipated that there would be a limit to how much China could grow without democracy.
Jennifer Lind on How China Mixes Autocracy and Innovation - The Wire China
The academic talks about the way China has confounded expectations that its system of government would serve only to stifle technological development.
www.thewirechina.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In an interview with @andypeaps.bsky.social at @thewirechina.bsky.social, @proflind.bsky.social talks about her concept of "smart authoritarianism" and how previous analysts got it wrong when they anticipated that there would be a limit to how much China could grow without democracy.
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First snow, Silk Roads cooking, China's efforts at transnational repression, a shrinking Tibetan community in Dharamsala, protests in Asia and beyond, the AI industry in China—you'll find all this (and more!) in today's Weekly Wanderings.
Weekly Wanderings: November 9, 2025
Greetings from the first snow of the season in Ann Arbor. Although I saw one forecast yesterday that predicted 4-6 inches of snow for us today, it has now settled down to 1-3 inches—enough to make …
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November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
First snow, Silk Roads cooking, China's efforts at transnational repression, a shrinking Tibetan community in Dharamsala, protests in Asia and beyond, the AI industry in China—you'll find all this (and more!) in today's Weekly Wanderings.
Damn right!
Listen, I'm not gonna use AI to help me write this thing. I'm gonna struggle, procrastinate, self-hate, agonize, and suffer -- just as god intended!
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Damn right!
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Tomorrow (Monday, Nov 10) the tables are turned: I’m the guest on the Greenhouse #envhum book talk to discuss Ghosts Behind Glass with @finnarne.me & guest host @medievalpenguin.bsky.social
Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Tomorrow (Monday, Nov 10) the tables are turned: I’m the guest on the Greenhouse #envhum book talk to discuss Ghosts Behind Glass with @finnarne.me & guest host @medievalpenguin.bsky.social
Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
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Living in a tech utopia bubble in China reminds me what it’s like living in a tech utopia bubble here. Expo halls filled with crappy robots, involuted anomie, resignation to overwork.
During an October trip to China, @astoks.bsky.social observed how "Like in the U.S., the AI race/bubble is sucking investment and energy (both in kilowatts and zheng nengliang) out of other sectors and concentrating wealth and capital in a few leading firms."
Ambition and Anxiety: Visiting China During the Age of AI
AI, Ambition, and Anxiety.
sinocities.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Living in a tech utopia bubble in China reminds me what it’s like living in a tech utopia bubble here. Expo halls filled with crappy robots, involuted anomie, resignation to overwork.
First snow, Silk Roads cooking, China's efforts at transnational repression, a shrinking Tibetan community in Dharamsala, protests in Asia and beyond, the AI industry in China—you'll find all this (and more!) in today's Weekly Wanderings.
Weekly Wanderings: November 9, 2025
Greetings from the first snow of the season in Ann Arbor. Although I saw one forecast yesterday that predicted 4-6 inches of snow for us today, it has now settled down to 1-3 inches—enough to make …
mauracunningham.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
First snow, Silk Roads cooking, China's efforts at transnational repression, a shrinking Tibetan community in Dharamsala, protests in Asia and beyond, the AI industry in China—you'll find all this (and more!) in today's Weekly Wanderings.
During an October trip to China, @astoks.bsky.social observed how "Like in the U.S., the AI race/bubble is sucking investment and energy (both in kilowatts and zheng nengliang) out of other sectors and concentrating wealth and capital in a few leading firms."
Ambition and Anxiety: Visiting China During the Age of AI
AI, Ambition, and Anxiety.
sinocities.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
During an October trip to China, @astoks.bsky.social observed how "Like in the U.S., the AI race/bubble is sucking investment and energy (both in kilowatts and zheng nengliang) out of other sectors and concentrating wealth and capital in a few leading firms."
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Call for Proposals: North American Taiwan Studies Association' 31st Annual Conference, "Resonance/Dissonance — Taiwan Studies, Knowledge Production, and Power Asymmetry." June 26-28, IU Bloomington. Proposal deadline is December 31.
2026 Call for Proposals | NATSA Website
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November 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Call for Proposals: North American Taiwan Studies Association' 31st Annual Conference, "Resonance/Dissonance — Taiwan Studies, Knowledge Production, and Power Asymmetry." June 26-28, IU Bloomington. Proposal deadline is December 31.
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It is the 150th year anniversary of Qiu Jin's birth. It is an honor to translate the work of this amazing feminist poet. Just want to take some time today to honor her memory 💐
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It is the 150th year anniversary of Qiu Jin's birth. It is an honor to translate the work of this amazing feminist poet. Just want to take some time today to honor her memory 💐
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Agree with this. Writing is one of my favorite things to do. It's not something I want to outsource to an LLM.
I lift the silly weights in the gym. I will mess around with my own words and sentences and thoughts out of it. See where it all takes me.
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Agree with this. Writing is one of my favorite things to do. It's not something I want to outsource to an LLM.
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It's Friday night baby
July 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
It's Friday night baby
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My dearest mentor, Professor Joseph Fewsmith, unfortunately passed away this week. I wrote this little tribute with great pain. But no writing is enough to express my love and gratitude for Joe.
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My dearest mentor, Professor Joseph Fewsmith, unfortunately passed away this week. I wrote this little tribute with great pain. But no writing is enough to express my love and gratitude for Joe.
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Five yrs ago today in my role as head of Voter Protection for Biden-Harris in Phila, at right about this moment, I was reaching out to our team to figure out who could sneak into a hastily-called press conference by Rudy Giuliani at the Four Seasons Hotel ... and then, what, it's going to be where??
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Five yrs ago today in my role as head of Voter Protection for Biden-Harris in Phila, at right about this moment, I was reaching out to our team to figure out who could sneak into a hastily-called press conference by Rudy Giuliani at the Four Seasons Hotel ... and then, what, it's going to be where??
Call for nominations: @chinabooksreview.com is now seeking submissions for the 2025 Baifang Schell Book Prize, which will be awarded to one work of nonfiction and one of literature. Nomination deadline is December 15.
Nominations Open for 2025 Baifang Schell Book Prize | China Books Review
Our book prize returns in its second year, celebrating exceptional books on or from China and the Sinophone world. Nominate now!
chinabooksreview.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Call for nominations: @chinabooksreview.com is now seeking submissions for the 2025 Baifang Schell Book Prize, which will be awarded to one work of nonfiction and one of literature. Nomination deadline is December 15.
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love to read in a historical document that something happened "由于种种原因"
is this the archival silence that I have been reading about?
is this the archival silence that I have been reading about?
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
love to read in a historical document that something happened "由于种种原因"
is this the archival silence that I have been reading about?
is this the archival silence that I have been reading about?
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Thanks to generous funding from the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation, we are pleased to offer grants of up to $2,000 to support the attendance of Ming Studies scholars at #AAS2026 in Vancouver. Apply by December 18 for this opportunity!
bit.ly/AAS2026Ming
bit.ly/AAS2026Ming
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thanks to generous funding from the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation, we are pleased to offer grants of up to $2,000 to support the attendance of Ming Studies scholars at #AAS2026 in Vancouver. Apply by December 18 for this opportunity!
bit.ly/AAS2026Ming
bit.ly/AAS2026Ming
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On November 18, audiences across North America are invited to join GETSEA for its annual simulcast film screening. This year's feature presentation is VIETNAMERICA and will include a virtual discussion with Executive Producer Nancy Bui.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
On November 18, audiences across North America are invited to join GETSEA for its annual simulcast film screening. This year's feature presentation is VIETNAMERICA and will include a virtual discussion with Executive Producer Nancy Bui.
buff.ly/m6unrlO
buff.ly/m6unrlO
I am so deeply shaken by Janet's sudden passing. Getting to know her has been one of the pleasures of my time at both @ncuscr.bsky.social and @asianstudies.org, and I can't believe that we won't talk again soon.
We are sad to share that Janet Theiss, historian of China at the University of Utah and AAS East & Inner Asia Council Chair, has passed away. Janet has been a longtime AAS member and a leader in the field of Qing Studies. Our deepest sympathies go out to her family & colleagues.
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I am so deeply shaken by Janet's sudden passing. Getting to know her has been one of the pleasures of my time at both @ncuscr.bsky.social and @asianstudies.org, and I can't believe that we won't talk again soon.
"In February, Murphy was told that her work on China, described previously by the university as 'groundbreaking', had to stop." Amy Hawkins reports on an attempt by Sheffield Hallam University to end research by @lauratmurphy.bsky.social into forced labor in Xinjiang.
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"In February, Murphy was told that her work on China, described previously by the university as 'groundbreaking', had to stop." Amy Hawkins reports on an attempt by Sheffield Hallam University to end research by @lauratmurphy.bsky.social into forced labor in Xinjiang.
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🔔 Reminder: Monday, November 17 is the preliminary application deadline for 2025-26 UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archives Program Grants.
Full application details: ucla.in/4n8aJGS
Full application details: ucla.in/4n8aJGS
📣 2025-26 grant applications for the UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archive Program (MEAP) are open!
Apply for funding to document, digitize and make accessible at-risk collections from around the world.
Applications due Nov 17, 2025.
Full details and Oct 9 webinar registration: ucla.in/4n8aJGS
Apply for funding to document, digitize and make accessible at-risk collections from around the world.
Applications due Nov 17, 2025.
Full details and Oct 9 webinar registration: ucla.in/4n8aJGS
November 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🔔 Reminder: Monday, November 17 is the preliminary application deadline for 2025-26 UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archives Program Grants.
Full application details: ucla.in/4n8aJGS
Full application details: ucla.in/4n8aJGS
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I'm thrilled to be back in Taiwan, where I'll be based for the next few years as The Economist's Chief China Correspondent and co-host of the Drum Tower podcast. I'll be jointly leading our China coverage from here, focusing on foreign policy, military affairs, Taiwan and Chinese influence abroad.
September 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I'm thrilled to be back in Taiwan, where I'll be based for the next few years as The Economist's Chief China Correspondent and co-host of the Drum Tower podcast. I'll be jointly leading our China coverage from here, focusing on foreign policy, military affairs, Taiwan and Chinese influence abroad.
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"You will be haunted," resumed the Ghost, "by three spirits."
October 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"You will be haunted," resumed the Ghost, "by three spirits."